Comment by ng_executor on 30/08/2021 at 17:37 UTC

85 upvotes, 3 direct replies (showing 3)

View submission: Why are subreddits going private/pinning protest posts?—Protests against anti-vaxxing subreddits.

answer: i really don't see this working. caving to the janitors would mean that they know they have reddit by the balls and can get them to ban anything they dislike - you can bet if this worked, conservative and other "hate subs" would be next. in the end reddit would be effectively surrendering.

by saying that they'll stay closed until they get what they want, not just a temporary blackout like before, they're kinda forcing reddit's hand to remove them as mods. they can't give in to their demands, and they can't let subs stay private forever. hopefully this means no more powermods (maybe)

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Comment by Noneofyourbeezkneez at 31/08/2021 at 01:35 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

That's horse shit, they're just asking Reddit to enforce their own policies on covid disinformation

Comment by [deleted] at 30/08/2021 at 19:10 UTC

-4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 30/08/2021 at 18:49 UTC

33 upvotes, 4 direct replies

you can bet if this worked, conservative and other "hate subs" would be next.

/r/fatpeoplehate and /r/The_donald and /r/gendercritical say hi. Hate speech already isn't welcome on Reddit.